Vacationing at Hairy House or The Hairy House Vacation Diet
This week, SunDog House is occupied by the family expecting a baby on August 9, 2010.
They arrived on Friday August 6 and we moved into the house that we pay rent on across the street, which we call Hairy House because 7 of the dogs live there, and they are allowed free reign inside and out through the always open front door. It’s really full of dog bodies, dog smells and dog fur.
Hairy House has no ceiling fans , the windows are royal blue louvers, and the stuffy little kitchen faces west. In other words, if the weather is sunny and still, it is HOT. Especially in the afternoon when the sun beats down on the west side. The long, narrow “living/dining area” also has a large blue-louvered window facing west. I perspire just thinking about it.
And, of course, there’s no nice pool to cool off in. Fortunately, some of our days have been breezy and pleasant. Only a few still humid ones. So. We have breakfast at Hairy House in the morning, usually are too busy to have lunch, then we eat dinner out. We have both noticed our middles shrinking.
Instant and unexpected diet!
We were not sure how long the family would be staying, but as luck would have it, the baby showed up a day early, so it looks like they’ll only be here until Friday. Cute little boy. 8 lbs. 3 oz. and lots of hair.
Hey, maybe he should stay at Hairy House 
August 11th, 2010 at 10:31 am
“It’s really full of dog bodies, dog smells and dog fur.” Yes…from hairy house north.
Fantastic the birth went well.
We are baking up here and the air quality is so poor. Humidity is brutal. Why would anyone settle here when they know about STX? If only I had visited when I was 18.
August 12th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Congratulations to the baby for arriving at a beautiful unique location, almost the opposite of a hospital. In his own time, probably no induction for this birth.
There is actually a blue haze this evening and it is sooo humid. St. Croix is inbetween two systems going towards each other. No dust to see on the site:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/wavetrak/movies/m8g10split/m8g10splitjava5.html
August 13th, 2010 at 7:29 am
oh
the link doesn’t show last night anymore…
but this morning a nice big red (thick) dust cloud is heading south to dry out the storms that are coming across Africa – hopefully
Speaking of Hairy
do you still have the robot sweeper?
does/did it do well with pet hair?
August 13th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Thanks for the comments, Wreg and Lisa – the link is pretty cool, too!
Yes, Robbie is plugged in at Hairy House, but I tried to use him a couple of weeks ago and his battery wore out after just a couple of minutes. Haven’t tried him since then. It would be funny, though to see all the dogs scattering as he came toward them!